Bricked, not sure if soft or hard. Really confused - T-Mobile LG G5 Questions & Answers

Okay so I rooted with the tot file, all was fine. Later I wiped and installed cm14 and none of my partitions mounted and data is corrupted. I was stuck in bootloop and from there, I reset it with LGUP. I then rerooted it and tried repairing data partition in twrp. It was stuck doing it's action and nothing happened. I tried to reboot it and it doesn't go into recovery. It goes into download mode, but now LGUP is not recognizing my phone. I am lost and I am sure somewhere along the line I messed up. I need some help fixing this. I searched everywhere and couldn't find anything.
P.S.- its not in the qualcomm mode. The phone is recognized in the device manager.

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LG G2 seemingly impossible to unbrick

Hey XDA.
Before you asked, yes, I used the search tool.
I'm having trouble recovering my D800 LG G2 from being a brick. The situation is, I was running the Euphoria 5.1.1 rom, with TWRP and root status. I went to reset the phone through the settings, which began my list of problems. While it was rebooting, it kept flashing the TWRP splashscreen, and I had to turn it off and go into the recovery manually. *NOTE* at this point, the phone was not reset, it's almost as if I just turned it off and on. I went into TWRP, and wiped the phone. I think this is where I made the mistake. I did an advanced wipe and wiped everything but internal storage, instead of just doing a regular wipe, because I'm a dumbass. So now, My phone is stuck on the LG logo when I turn it on, followed by a black screen. The usual unbrick methods aren't working because my download mode is not working. When I try to go into download mode, the main window on the phone pops up, but a window on the top left saying "security boot error". My computer will recognize it, but nothing will show up in the port, and I'll only see the qhusb_bulk in the other devices.
I have no idea what to do, and I would really love some help and suggestions.
N4ever said:
Hey XDA.
Before you asked, yes, I used the search tool.
I'm having trouble recovering my D800 LG G2 from being a brick. The situation is, I was running the Euphoria 5.1.1 rom, with TWRP and root status. I went to reset the phone through the settings, which began my list of problems. While it was rebooting, it kept flashing the TWRP splashscreen, and I had to turn it off and go into the recovery manually. *NOTE* at this point, the phone was not reset, it's almost as if I just turned it off and on. I went into TWRP, and wiped the phone. I think this is where I made the mistake. I did an advanced wipe and wiped everything but internal storage, instead of just doing a regular wipe, because I'm a dumbass. So now, My phone is stuck on the LG logo when I turn it on, followed by a black screen. The usual unbrick methods aren't working because my download mode is not working. When I try to go into download mode, the main window on the phone pops up, but a window on the top left saying "security boot error". My computer will recognize it, but nothing will show up in the port, and I'll only see the qhusb_bulk in the other devices.
I have no idea what to do, and I would really love some help and suggestions.
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Can you get into download mode? if so just reflash stock.
sorry, i can't put a link here because i don't have 10 posts, but if you tipe in youtube search ''How to Unbrick or Restore the LG G2 ATT Version'' you will get a rootjunky video which helped me to unbrick my phone and back to stock rom. There you will also find some usefull links.
If you can get into download mode this will save you each time. I have had to flash mine a few times while soft bricking it. Its mega fun when you hard brick it. Good luck.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2663369

Nexus 5 not starting

Urgent help reqd
randomly my nexus 5 restarted
google came on screen and now only those four animated circles are showing up and the phone doesnt go further
went in bootloader but cant wipe cache, cant format, or anything else from there.
usb debuggng must be off as far as i remember
trying to flash through sdk manager. have downloaded image. but stops at "waiting for device" in cmd and it doesnt go any further than that. even tried doing it manually through cmd.
when the phone is connected it is showing the drivers but it isnt installng and can see the yellow exclamation.
manually downloaded the drivers and tried installing manually but shows drivers are up to date.
uninstalled driver and reinstalled but same issue. it is connected to usb 2.0.
now how do i get it to work?
I have tried all the options i could search for on this forum but none of them solved my issue.
Is the bootloader unlocked?
How do i check that?
Ok got it
It is locked
How do i unlock?
I checked some unlocking bootloader threads but they all require usb debugging to be on.
My phone is not starting at all so i cannot do that
How do i go about it now
Tried nexus root toolkit. It isnt detecting the device.
Unlocking will wipe you device.
Google themselves have a guide on how to flash, not sure why you are using toolkits.
Also, you will wipe your device, if you haven't already. Make sure you have the right drivers, make sure you get the device to come up under "fastboot devices"
Already tried all methods mentioned by google or xda.
If you read my initial post my phone is not getting detected as well but shows installing drivers when connected but the installation fails.
Manually install the correct drivers.
Tried that but i get the error that you already have latest drivers. But its not detecting the phone
Try removing the drivers and reinstalling
Also, try different USB ports and cables.
Did all of that a number of times. Still no luck
Other phones are getting connected and detected just fine.
useruser12 said:
Urgent help reqd
randomly my nexus 5 restarted
google came on screen and now only those four animated circles are showing up and the phone doesnt go further
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Hi all, i have a similar problem
this morning my n5 boots into "optimizing apps", but stops when reach around 15/20 apps and reboot (3 or 4 times)...
Now, only keeps in android animation like useruser12.
I can see my data in TWRP, battery 95%...
I wipe cache/dalvik... nothing
I reflash the kernel (ElementalX 6.17), still nothing
Any ideas?
PS: latest news. After make a backup, I made a factory reset and restore a system-boot-cache partition from old backup. Now the phone boots but i hate lose all my data xD. I want try to solve my problem using my "corrupted" backup for avoid losing data. If that fails, I can always restore this functional backup. Any ideas again?
Used the nexus root toolkit.managed to unlock bootloader but immediately the device reboots and goes into the bootloop again.
Tried the flash stock + unroot function as well which detected my factory image and everything went smooth till it came back to unlocking the bootloader and rebooting the device after that and again went into the bootloop
Though i have installed the drivers, on reboot windows 7 automatically starts installing the mtp usb device driver but fails. Manually downloaded the drivers and installed as well.
Still its not worked and whatever i do it comes back and get stuck at the bootloop.
Any expert can give a solution? Thanks
After unlocking the bootloader, does the bootloader relock when the phone is rebooted? If it does, the memory chip is defective.
Phone doesnt reboot completely.goes into a loop after the google logo and doesnt go further.
If i switch off the phone midway here without it booting up and then restart the bootloader then its locked again.
But what i read was that the process of complete reboot needs to finish and i need to turn on usb debugging. So is it because of that the bootloader locks again?
Anyways, this what im facing
Dalamar666 said:
Hi all, i have a similar problem
this morning my n5 boots into "optimizing apps", but stops when reach around 15/20 apps and reboot (3 or 4 times)...
Now, only keeps in android animation like useruser12.
I can see my data in TWRP, battery 95%...
I wipe cache/dalvik... nothing
I reflash the kernel (ElementalX 6.17), still nothing
Any ideas?
PS: latest news. After make a backup, I made a factory reset and restore a system-boot-cache partition from old backup. Now the phone boots but i hate lose all my data xD. I want try to solve my problem using my "corrupted" backup for avoid losing data. If that fails, I can always restore this functional backup. Any ideas again?
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Lucky that you could do a factory reset. I wasnt even able to do that from the bootloader.
useruser12 said:
Lucky that you could do a factory reset. I wasnt even able to do that from the bootloader.
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Sorry, i did it via TWRP.
If the bootloader relocks itself upon reboot, it's the memory chip that is damaged.

LineageOS mtp not working, twrp lost after flash, cant boot to twrp from fastboot

hello, recently i bought myself a new op6, as it was good for modding and such. unlocked the bootloader, flashed twrp, and rooted it the day after, used it for a couple of days, before I installed elementalX. was happy with that for some days. then I decided I wanted to try out lineageOS, in order to de-google my self, in my quest for privacy.
TL;TR:
mtp is not working after flashing, neither is twrp, cant even access it through fastboot with booting the .img file.
does this have something to do with the a/b partition thing on these phones, perhaps?
I would guess that I flashed lineageOS the wrong way, and that is the issue, but since I cant access twrp, I cant restore and reflash the correct way.
more detailes below
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backed up before installing elementalX, to have something to go back to, in case of failure
rebooted into twrp, and wiped everything, exept internal storage (i looked this up several places, prior to flashing, that this was the way to do it, so assumed this was the correct way)
flashed lineageOS 15.1
wiped dalvik and rebooted
took ages to boot, so figured id reboot again a couple of times, with no succsess
tried to boot to twrp, to restore back state prior to flashing, but ended up in lineageOS' own recovery.
tried to boot from fastboot, and reflash twrp
goes out of bootloader and screen turns black, led turns on, and nothing. tried waiting for a bit, but nothing seems to happen
have to manually turn of phone, and reboot. tried this several times, but same result.
after reboot i turned to the recovery to look after any solutions there, but nothing
started adb, just to check, and it says "device unauthorized"
sortof gave up, so figured I could atleast get going installing apks, but after downloading f-droid, I couldnt get it to install
found out this was some sort of permission issue, so had to move it to internal storage to get it to install
after installing some apks, I was going to transfer my contacts from my pc, but cant get mtp working..
if someone know a soulution to this, I would be really greatfull, as Im at a loss. cant seem to find anyone who has had a simillar issue..
You can always use EDL and MsmDownloadTool. Check that thread
thanks, will definetly check that out.
now it apears that I have another issue, the key for adb is no longer valid. i did get the prompt when I connected the usb, but that didnt appear to do anything. have tried to revoke it, reanable, reboot both phone and pc, also delete the keys on my pc. I have no root access anymore, so cant really enter the root on my phone, to pull out the keys there, neither can i push my own keys, as it seems atleast. I may be doing it wrong too, for all i know..
If you can enable debugging and see your phone with adb devices, you can adb push /sdcard/<romfile>.zip
I am able to enable debugging mode, yes. Will this enable me to push my own key, or any other existing key for that matter, to remove the unauthorized label?
Id also like to at that i done goofed when flashing lineageOS. Ive come to and understanding that I have to flash OOS 1.5.1 (i think that was it) on both slots, before then flashing the custom rom onto the device, and reflashing twrp after that. Which i did not do. I also were running pie at that time, so theres another mistake I made to begin with. Neither was I really aware of the concept of a/b partition system at hand..
Can i switch slots in fastboot, and then boot inton twrp, and reflash back to OOS 1.5.1, on both slots, and then reflash LOS 15.1? And ofcource reflash twrp and root afterwards, which totally slipped my mind..

Need help with a hard bricked phone

Hi people. Today I needed to install a file inside system/etc/permissions to enable OTG Host. Since I couldn't create a file there, I had the stupid idea of changing the permissions of the system folder. I changed it with root browser, to Owner: read/write/execute (the other stuff was unchecked). My phone turned off instantly, and now it wont turn on at all. Seems like I'm in big trouble. Still, I want to ask if something like that is recoverable somehow, and if anyone can point me in the right direction.
Phone: Samsuing A5
OS: Android 6.0.1
Root: Yes (systemless, with Odin)
Custom Recovery: No
Edit: I just connected the phone to my PC, and it detected a USB device called SAMSUNG_Android. It's weird, the phone seems to be off. Kinda gives me a bit of hope, but I'm a noob with these things.
Edit2: I waited a few minutes and tried to turn it on again. It worked! But now it boots to recovery, so it seems to be a soft brick. Factory Reset doesn't seem to do anything, I guess I'll have to flash a ROM. But I have no idea how to do that. Any help?
Edit3: With the help of a friend, I installed TWRP custom recovery, and used it to flash a Resurrection Remix ROM and GApps. However, I cannot make it reboot into system. It always goes to recovery. When booting, it shows the message "Recovery is not Seandroid Enforcing", and then opens TWRP recovery. I can see my device has a system folder with stuff in it, but I can't make it boot properly. Any suggestions?

[HELP] Honor 7x/Mate SE Soft Brick?

So I was putting together a flashable zip for downgrading to Nougat, and when I rebooted I must have erased something I shouldn't have, because the screen went black. I have no idea what i could have done but when i force restart, it makes the pc disconnect sound and three seconds later, it reconnects. I can't reboot to bootloader or recovery, much less system, but strangely adb commands still show that my phone is is fastboot mode. I ran the Huawei Multitool with files I know for sure were correct, and hit unbrick. There were no errors and everything flashed correctly, or so it said. Once again I attempted to reboot but to no avail. The screen stays black.
Can anyone help me out here??? I don't know what happened. I don't think it's hardbricked right? I can still use fastboot.
Thanks!

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